AMD A6-9500 vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM4 AMD Socket AM3
Process size 28 nm 45 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 300 million
Die size 246 mm² 169 mm²
Package µPGA µPGA
tCaseMax 74°C

Performance

Frequency 3.5 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.8 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 200 MHz
Multiplier 35.0x 13.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
Voltage 1.475 V 1.25 V
TDP 65 W 45 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Jul 27th, 2017 Sep 21st, 2010
Codename Bristol Ridge Rana
Generation A6 Athlon II X3
Part AD9500AGM23AB AD420EHDK32GMAD420EHDGMBOX
Memory support DDR4 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 2 3
Total Threads 2 3
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Radeon R5

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 128K (per core)
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes Yes
AES Yes
AMD-V Yes Yes
AMD64 Yes Yes
AVX Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
EVP Yes
F16C Yes
FMA3 Yes
FMA4 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes Yes
TBM Yes
Turbo Core Yes
XOP Yes

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